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HAND SEAL-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

iai-,enten Mar. i i, 1913.

Applihation filed January 17, 1911. Serial No. 603,105.

1/'0 all wlw/n it mog/ conce/ln Be. it -known that l, Lilies A. RYAN, a citizen of the United States. and resident of Newark. in the Stateof New Jersey, liave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Seal-Presses. of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hand presses or stamps for impressing seals, such as notariail and corporation seals upon paper and the like. ln constructions of this character the faces of the dies are arranged so close together that `it is practically impossible to tell from looking at the press what the inscription of the die is and it is necessary to make a test impression.

One of my objects is to provide a convenient and conspicuous means foi; 'indicating the character of the die which is in the press. It has been customary .in constructions of this character to so arrange the parts that the operating handle normally stands suhstaiitially vertical. rl`his makes it ditli'eult to start the operation' of the press. l have found that better results may be obtained by so arranging the construction that the handle in its normal position is nearly horizon- 'tal so that the weight of the hand can be inimediately brought to bear upon the handle for effective pressuret have also found that the press can be malle more stable and less likely to be overturned when operating by extending the base somewhat and giving additional weightto the body of the press at serie distance from the die carrier. By extending the arni of the body I not only niuch larger opening for the reception of paper but bring the arm into substantial parallelism with Ithe handle so Ithat the hand may grasp the handle as well as the arm when giving the final depression to the handle. This enables me to get. a greater pressure. By curving the body around the opening between the base and the arm substantially as shown in Figure Qi l have made it possible to readily insert a paper of very considerable width. The curved surface causes the edge of the paper to automatically curl and return n pon itself..

for quite a distance, for instance7 with a press having an I inches from the center of the die plunger to the side wall surface" of the body in the l opening l can readily insert a paper 7 inches without crinnpling or folding. The horiopeniug of substantially 3 zentally positioned handle serves also to cover the springcontaining recess and prevent the entrance of dirt or other foreign matter. i i' Fig. l,y a front view of a press embodying' the improvements of my invention. Fig. is a side view and partial section of the saine. Fig. El.' same.

The body 1 has a base f2 and a horizontal arm Il.' The dies for forming the impression may be `of any suitable character and consistl of the upper and lower dies 4 and respectively. The lower die. is mounted in the usual manner in the base 2 and the upper die is carried by a plunger G which is vertically reciprocable in-thehead 7 at the outer end of the arni 3. plate or extension 8 is fastenedrto the upper end of the plunger 5. rlhe spring t) mounted in a re# cess 10 in the head of the arm presses beneath the plate 8 and serves to raise the plunger 6. The operating handle 11 is pivotally-niounted onthe pin 12 at the upper end of the head 7. This handle has a shoulder 13 engaging'the plate 8 of the plunger -in the upper part of the recess 10. The

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handle may also have another shoulder 14 for engaging a shoulder Vl5 at the upper end ofthe head 7 in order to prevent the handle from being turned upward above its proper normal position. The handle sub-- stantially covers the recess 10 and prevents the entrance of dirt.

The paper or other fabric upon which the impression is' to be made is inserted as usual between the dies 4 and 5. l have so shaped the opening 16 in the rear of the dies 4 and 5 that paper maybe readily inserted 'to a considerable distance. For this purpose the wall or inner surface of the opening 16 is curved at the point 17 where the edge ofy the paper when inserted as shown by the dotted line 18 will engage the wall so that the end of the paper as it is pushed bai-.kwardly will be curled up and follow lthe gradual curve from 17 upward and to the left. The first half of the curve up to about the point 19 is the are o-f a circle. of a given radins and from there toward the left the radius of the curve increases so as to allow the paper to straighten out and prevent its beingcnrle( backward. 'lhe construction such as before mentioned that whereas, the distance. from the plunger to the point 7 in the ioo ilo

given construction is say- 3 inches-a paper may be inserted fully crumple or require Jfolding.

To enable one to quickly and accurately determine the character' otl the dies of the press at a glance I provide an indicato-r 21 bearing an impression of the dies. This indicator card'or slip is inserted in a groove 22 in the front of the head 7 against the Wall 23. This indicator may be readily inserted `or removed as desired and affords a most convenient and perfect means for iden tifyin the press. This indicator may c0nsist o. a stiff piece of paper or pasteboard bearing an imprint of vthe seal or other die.

In operating the press after the paper is inserted the handle 1l is pressed downward so thatI the shoulder 13 presses the plate 8 and the plunger 6 downward. The final pressure ma)7 be augmented by clasping the ngers around the arm 3 near the end of the stroke. In releasing the press 4the handle ll is lifted and the spring 9 raises thel plunger 6. The great` Weight of the body 1 t inches before it Willv .2 Losa/rea at the rear serves to prevent the overturnin of the press when the handle is being raise In this way the anced.

What I claim is A hand stamp press comprising an clon` gated base adapted to rest upon a table or support, an arm integral'Wit-h the base at one end, extendin substantially parallel with the base and leaving an elongated opening between the arm and base of suilicient size to permit the hand to be inserted, a head upon the free end of the arm, a plunger vertically mounted in the head, an

operating lever mounted above the plunger and extending over the arm, substantially parallel therewith, and in close proximity thereto to enable the operator to graspboth arm' and lever With one hand in operating the stamp.

JAMES A. RYAN. Vvitnesses Ro'r. S. ALLYN ELISHA W. MCGUIRE.

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